1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team

The 1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 1989–90 college basketball season. Led by head coach Gene Keady, the team finished second in the Big Ten regular season standings. The Boilermakers earned the #2 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA tournament, but were upset in the second round by Texas, finishing the season with a 22–8 record (13–5 Big Ten).

1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball
1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 10
Record	22–8 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gene Keady (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Bruce Weber (10th season) Tom Reiter (4th season) Steve Lavin (2nd season)
Home arena	Mackey Arena
Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

1989–90 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Michigan State	15	–	3		.833			28	–	6		.824
No. 10 Purdue	13	–	5		.722			22	–	8		.733
No. 13 Michigan	12	–	6		.667			23	–	8		.742
No. 18 Illinois	11	–	7		.611			21	–	8		.724
No. 20 Minnesota	11	–	7		.611			23	–	9		.719
Ohio State	10	–	8		.556			17	–	13		.567
Indiana	8	–	10		.444			18	–	11		.621
Wisconsin	4	–	14		.222			14	–	17		.452
Iowa	4	–	14		.222			12	–	16		.429
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			9	–	19		.321
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1989–90 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 10 Woody Austin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — So Richmond, Indiana G 12 Matt Painter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr Ft. Wayne, Indiana F 15 Ryan Berning 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Sr Lafayette, Indiana G 21 Loren Clyburn 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — So G 22 Dave Barrett 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) — Jr Lafayette, Indiana F 23 Chuckie White 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Jr Monrovia, California G 25 Tony Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Sr Ft. Wayne, Indiana G/F 32 Jimmy Oliver 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Morrilton, Arkansas C 54 Craig Riley 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Fr Ft. Wayne, Indiana F/C 55 Steve Scheffler 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr Grand Rapids, Michigan G Rich Mount 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Fr C Todd Schoettelkotte 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Fr G Sherard Clinkscales 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr Indianapolis, Indiana	Head coach Gene Keady (Kansas State) Assistant coach(es) Bruce Weber (Milwaukee) Tom Reiter (Wisconsin) Steve Lavin Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 24, 1989*		Ball State	W 57–43	1–0	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Nov 30, 1989*		at Utah	W 65–63	2–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
Dec 2, 1989*		at Long Beach State	L 69–70	2–1	Gold Mine  Long Beach, California
Dec 7, 1989*		at Illinois State	W 83–69	3–1	Redbird Arena  Normal, Illinois
Dec 9, 1989*		Saint Louis	W 61–54	4–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 18, 1989*		at Wichita State	W 62–54	5–1	Levitt Arena  Wichita, Kansas
Dec 20, 1989*		California	W 60–55	6–1	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Dec 28, 1989*		vs. Wake Forest	W 66–52	7–1	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Dec 29, 1989*		at No. 21 Arizona	L 66–85	7–2	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 3, 1990*		Eastern Illinois	W 82–55	8–2	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 6, 1990		Northwestern	W 93–77	9–2 (1–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 11, 1990		No. 16 Minnesota	W 86–78	10–2 (2–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 13, 1990		at No. 13 Indiana	W 81–79 OT	11–2 (3–0)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, Indiana
Jan 17, 1990	No. 24	at Wisconsin	W 56–54	12–2 (4–0)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 20, 1990	No. 24	No. 7 Illinois	W 81–68	13–2 (5–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 25, 1990	No. 13	at Ohio State	W 78–66	14–2 (6–0)	St. John Arena  Columbus, Ohio
Jan 27, 1990	No. 13	Iowa	W 80–59	15–2 (7–0)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 31, 1990	No. 8	at No. 4 Michigan	W 91–73	16–2 (8–0)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 3, 1990	No. 8	Michigan State	L 53–64	16–3 (8–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 5, 1990	No. 8	at Northwestern	W 67–60	17–3 (9–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, Illinois
Feb 11, 1990	No. 10	at No. 17 Minnesota	L 72–73	17–4 (9–2)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 17, 1990	No. 12	Wisconsin	W 62–55	18–4 (10–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 19, 1990*	No. 12	Indiana	W 72–49	19–4 (11–2)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Feb 21, 1990	No. 9	at No. 19 Illinois	L 78–90	19–5 (11–3)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, Illinois
Feb 24, 1990	No. 9	Ohio State	W 75–70	20–5 (12–3)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 1, 1990	No. 9	at Iowa	L 63–64	20–6 (12–4)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, Iowa
Mar 4, 1990	No. 9	No. 8 Michigan	W 79–77	21–6 (13–4)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, Indiana
Mar 11, 1990	No. 10	at No. 7 Michigan State	L 70–72	21–7 (13–5)	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, Michigan
NCAA Tournament
Mar 16, 1990*	(2 MW) No. 10	vs. (15 MW) Northeast Louisiana First Round	W 75–63	22–7	RCA Dome  Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 18, 1990*	(2 MW) No. 10	vs. (10 MW) Texas Second Round	L 72–73[1]	22–8	RCA Dome  Indianapolis, Indiana
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

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Rankings

Main article: 1989–90 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

• Steve Scheffler – Big Ten Player of the Year
• Gene Keady – Big Ten Coach of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

Main article: 1990 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	39	Steve Scheffler	Charlotte Hornets

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